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JOHN HODGMAN:
Hillary Clinton for President — This is going to disappoint some of my friends, and maybe that's why I've been quiet about this until now. — Also, who cares what I think? — But here is what I think: Hillary Clinton for President. — I think Sen. Bernie Sanders has been an inspiring …
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Boing Boing and Politico
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New York Post:
Nervous Hillary downplays potential of New York landslide
Nervous Hillary downplays potential of New York landslide
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The Nation, NY State of Politics, Political Insider blog, New York Times and Washington Post
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
Sanders: Clinton will have to court my supporters
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Vox, Washington Monthly and Shakesville
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch
New York Primaries: 5 Things to Watch
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FOX News Radio
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
Hillary, the Panama Papers, and the death of American kleptocracy
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Democracy Now, dcclothesline.com, Vox, Infowars, naked capitalism, Mediaite and USA Today
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg:
Despite Polls, Republicans See Sanders as an Easier Opponent
Despite Polls, Republicans See Sanders as an Easier Opponent
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Washington Monthly, Los Angeles Times, The Moderate Voice, MSNBC, CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine and Washington Post
Austin American-Statesman:
Whole Foods taking legal action against cake accuser, releases video — Austin-based Whole Foods Market said it is taking legal action against an Austin man who claims he purchased a cake from the retailer that included a slur against gay people. — Whole Foods also released …
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All Ablog Austin, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Refuge, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Mike Cernovich Presents … and Infowars
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Are You Planning A Cake Hoax? These 5 Tips Will Make Sure It's A Success — Social Justice Warrior hoaxing is having a heyday. Whether you're a multi-racial family surreptitiously spray-painting your own home with racist graffiti, a lesbian waitress writing fake anti-gay notes on receipts …
Susanne Craig / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Jet, a Regular on the Campaign Trail, Isn't Registered to Fly — Over the past several months, Donald J. Trump has crisscrossed the country making dozens of campaign stops in places like Sioux City, Iowa, and Jackson, Miss., often in his sleek Cessna jet.
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Jillian Jorgensen / The New York Observer:
Comptroller Will Audit New York City Board of Elections — Comptroller Scott Stringer is launching an audit of the city's Board of Elections after reports of problems voting in today's primary elections and the purging of more than 100,000 voters from rolls in Brooklyn.
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Brigid Bergin / WNYC News:
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles
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Politico, Gothamist, Washington Free Beacon, Common Dreams and Guardian
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rep. Pete King: ‘I hate Ted Cruz’ — New York Rep. Pete King (R) on Tuesday offered his harshest words yet for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz — , slamming the Texas senator on the day of his state's primary. — “Well, first of all, in case anybody gets confused …
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Washington Monthly
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Peter King: I hate Ted Cruz and I voted for John Kasich
Peter King: I hate Ted Cruz and I voted for John Kasich
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Washington Post and ABC News
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
New York primary: Clinton and Trump look to cement front-runner status
New York primary: Clinton and Trump look to cement front-runner status
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Politico, ABC News, CNN, Outside the Beltway and Prairie Weather
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Paid A Breitbart Editor For Consulting Work — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's campaign paid Breitbart News national security editor Sebastian Gorka $8,000 for “policy consulting” last year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. — The filings show that the payment to Gorka was made in October.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McCain to skip GOP convention — (R-Ariz.), who is facing perhaps the toughest reelection race of his career, will skip the Republican presidential nominating convention in Cleveland in July. — McCain says he will be focusing instead on his own race against Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick
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Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
McCain skipping convention to campaign for own Senate seat
McCain skipping convention to campaign for own Senate seat
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Political Wire and Independent Journal …
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Federal appeals court sides with transgender teen, says bathroom case can go forward — A federal appeals court in Richmond has sided with a transgender high school student, saying that he can proceed with his lawsuit arguing that his school board's decision to ban him from the boy's bathroom is discriminatory.
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Talking Points Memo, Raleigh News & Observer, ACLU of North Carolina, Towleroad, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Protections For Transgender People In Landmark Ruling
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Vox and Joe.My.God.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
House Republican on health care plan: ‘Give us a little time’ — One of the best running jokes in American politics is the one about Republicans releasing their own alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Any day now, GOP leaders have been saying for many years, they're going to have a plan that rivals …
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ACASignups.net, Daily Kos and The Hill
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
UnitedHealth Group to exit Obamacare exchanges in all but a ‘handful’ of states
UnitedHealth Group to exit Obamacare exchanges in all but a ‘handful’ of states
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, kff.org, The Atlantic, New York Times and Hot Air
John Hanna / Associated Press:
With Kansas In Crisis, GOPers Abandon Gov Brownback On Tax Cuts — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — After he became Kansas governor in 2011, Sam Brownback slashed personal income taxes on the promise that the deep cuts would trigger a furious wave of hiring and expansion by businesses.
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Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Bob and Chez Show and New York Magazine
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New York's Primary Isn't Going Smoothly So Far — NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Less than halfway though primary election day in New York, a main voter protection hotline has already received “hundreds” of phone calls from people with complaints, issues, and questions about their voter registrations and polling sites.
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CBS New York, New York Daily News, Raw Story, Guardian and New York Magazine
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Sophia Rosenbaum / New York Post:
It's NYC's first relevant primary in decades, and nobody can vote
It's NYC's first relevant primary in decades, and nobody can vote
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Common Dreams and Rush Limbaugh
John Harwood / CNBC:
Biden to critics: We had 8 atom bombs land on our desk — Vice President Joe Biden says politicians need to stop questioning each other's motives and question their judgments and decisions instead. — ABOARD AMTRAK ACELA #2166 — Joe Biden, 73, has been an influential figure in American politics for more than four decades.
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NBC News, Talking Points Memo, RedState, The Daily Caller, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
The Huffington Post:
Sanders And Trump Have Something In Common, Bloomberg Says — “I'm not trying to knock Donald Trump, but...” — NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg says there's a connection between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. — The two presidential candidates elude facts and attract voters with rhetoric …
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New York Post, NY State of Politics and Salon
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Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign
When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign
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Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
CBS News:
Donald Trump reorganizes campaign just before big state primaries — Two senior Trump sources confirmed an extensive reorganization of the Trump campaign to CBS News on Monday. — Paul Manafort, hired last week to be the convention manager, will now run the Trump campaign …
benjerry.com:
Why Ben and Jerry Just Got Arrested — Earlier today, our cofounders, Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, along with hundreds of other activists, were arrested as part of Democracy Awakening's direct action on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building. — JUST BEFORE THEY WERE ARRESTED
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CNN, The Daily Caller, AOL, Guardian, Red Alert Politics, Mashable, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Mediaite, Eater and New York Times
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump: I ‘helped a little bit’ with clearing rubble at Ground Zero … Donald Trump has gotten a lot of attention over the past 12 hours for referring to the Sept. 11 terror attacks as “7/11” during a speech in Buffalo. It's an awkward, amusing slip-up — but it's just a slip-up.
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CNN, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Hullabaloo and Towleroad
Anchorage Daily News:
Man fatally shot while photographing people firing guns in Sutton — An Anchorage man was shot and killed Saturday while filming or photographing people firing guns in Sutton, according to Alaska State Troopers. — Troopers said in a Monday dispatch that they were informed …
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KTVA-TV, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Blake Seitz / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Sanders Was Asked to Leave Hippie Commune for Shirking, Book Claims — Bernie Sanders was asked to leave a hippie commune in 1971 for “sitting around and talking” about politics instead of working, according to a forthcoming book. — We Are As Gods by Kate Daloz, scheduled for release April 26 …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Pat Boone Accuses ‘SNL’ of Anti-Christian Bias After 'God's Not Dead 2' Parody — EMAIL ME — “This skit was outright sacrilege. They know if they did this to Muslims they'd have to be put into the witness protection program,” the singer-actor said. — Pat Boone is calling out NBC …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and PinkNews